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融化

róng huà

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

融化 (róng huà) means "to melt". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 融化 means

1. to melt
2. to thaw
3. to dissolve
4. to blend into
5. to combine
6. to fuse

The characters in 融化

• 融róngto melt; to thaw; to blend
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 冰融化成水。
  Ice melts to become water.
• 冰在水中融化。
  Ice melts in water.
• 雪开始融化了。
  The snow began to melt.
• 谁能融化你的铁石心肠？
  Shéi néng rónghuà nǐ de tiěshíxīncháng?
  Who could melt that stone heart of yours?
• 如果你加热冰它就会融化。
  Rúguǒ nǐ jiārè bīng tā jiù huì rónghuà.
  If you heat ice, it melts.
• 太阳一出来，雪就会融化。
  The snow will melt when the sun comes out.

Sounds the same

Read róng huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 溶化to melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc)
• 熔化to melt (of ice, metals etc)

Where 融化 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Change, Reflection & Inquiry (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read róng huà correctly.
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